Patricia Harris has extracted the term "water hazard" from the realm of golf and applied it to dollar store welcome mats.

Harris, seeking to escape the rain, ventured into the Port Arthur Family Dollar Store and slipped on the store's mat. She filed her personal injury lawsuit against Family Dollar with the Jefferson County Court at Law No. 1 on May 1.

According to her petition, she "attempted" to dry her feet on the store's mat. Because the mat was "oozing" water, she fell while attempting to step off the mat.

The suit faults Family Dollar with negligence for failing to warn Harris that the mat was soaked, and failing to remove "the soaked mat, which was dripping and oozing water."